Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of reduced motor skills of children exposed to Highly digitalized environment that make use of device (smartphone and tablet) up to 3 hours per day. Method: The study that has followed a methodology of interpretive analysis has investigated the phenomenon by referring to the orientation of the embodied cognition studies (Gibbs, 2006; Welsh, 2008; Rizzolatti, Sinigallia, 2009) and grounded cognition (Barsalou, 1999 , 2008; Iachini, 2011) that analize the relationship between the body, the process of motor learning and technology. In particular, we used the concept of "affordances" (Gibson, 1979), or "call to action in the subject matter or context" in reference to areas of extreme pervasiveness of digital. Results: The main findings focus on a clear set of questions: What are the effects that the body undergoes living in an environment in which technologies have such a strong impact? and how the relationship with these modification processes of motor learning in the digital natives 2.0? Conclusion: The focal point of our investigation Focuses on the need to care and to set environment useful to "vicariance" the deficit of relationship with the environment expecially related to the body and movement. References Bergouignan L., Nyberg L., Ehrsson H. (2014), Out-of-body–induced hippocampal amnesia, “Proceedings of the National Accademy of Sciences”, February 7, Barsalou, L. W. (1999). Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 577-609. Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617-645. Fischer, M., & Zwaan, R. (2008). Embodied language: A review of The role of the motor system in language comprehension. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 825-850. Gallese, V. (2005). Embodied simulation: from neurons to phenomenal experience. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 4, 23-48. Gibbs, R. (2006). Embodiment and cognitive science. New York: Cambridge University Press. Gibson J.J. (1977), The Theory of Affordances. In Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing, edited by Robert Shaw and John Bransford, Iachini,T.(2011). Mental Imagery and Embodied Cognition: A Multimodal Approach in Journal of Mental Imagery, 35(3 & 4). Iachini T., Iavarone M.L., Ruotolo F. (2013), Toward a teaching embodied-centered: perspectives of research and intervention, in REM, vol. V, Iavarone M.L., Iachini T. (2012), Verso una didattica "embodied-centered": prospettive di ricerca e di intervento, in Sibilio M. (a cura di), La complessità decifrabile, Pensa MultiMedia, Lecce. Rizzolatti, G., Sinigaglia, C., Anderson, F. (2008). Mirrors in the brain: How our minds share actions and emotions. Oxford University Press. Wilson, M. (2002). Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 625- 636.

Highly digitalized environment and low motor skills: analysis and hypothesis of compensatory educational intervention

IAVARONE, Maria Luisa
2014-01-01

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of reduced motor skills of children exposed to Highly digitalized environment that make use of device (smartphone and tablet) up to 3 hours per day. Method: The study that has followed a methodology of interpretive analysis has investigated the phenomenon by referring to the orientation of the embodied cognition studies (Gibbs, 2006; Welsh, 2008; Rizzolatti, Sinigallia, 2009) and grounded cognition (Barsalou, 1999 , 2008; Iachini, 2011) that analize the relationship between the body, the process of motor learning and technology. In particular, we used the concept of "affordances" (Gibson, 1979), or "call to action in the subject matter or context" in reference to areas of extreme pervasiveness of digital. Results: The main findings focus on a clear set of questions: What are the effects that the body undergoes living in an environment in which technologies have such a strong impact? and how the relationship with these modification processes of motor learning in the digital natives 2.0? Conclusion: The focal point of our investigation Focuses on the need to care and to set environment useful to "vicariance" the deficit of relationship with the environment expecially related to the body and movement. References Bergouignan L., Nyberg L., Ehrsson H. (2014), Out-of-body–induced hippocampal amnesia, “Proceedings of the National Accademy of Sciences”, February 7, Barsalou, L. W. (1999). Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 577-609. Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617-645. Fischer, M., & Zwaan, R. (2008). Embodied language: A review of The role of the motor system in language comprehension. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 825-850. Gallese, V. (2005). Embodied simulation: from neurons to phenomenal experience. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 4, 23-48. Gibbs, R. (2006). Embodiment and cognitive science. New York: Cambridge University Press. Gibson J.J. (1977), The Theory of Affordances. In Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing, edited by Robert Shaw and John Bransford, Iachini,T.(2011). Mental Imagery and Embodied Cognition: A Multimodal Approach in Journal of Mental Imagery, 35(3 & 4). Iachini T., Iavarone M.L., Ruotolo F. (2013), Toward a teaching embodied-centered: perspectives of research and intervention, in REM, vol. V, Iavarone M.L., Iachini T. (2012), Verso una didattica "embodied-centered": prospettive di ricerca e di intervento, in Sibilio M. (a cura di), La complessità decifrabile, Pensa MultiMedia, Lecce. Rizzolatti, G., Sinigaglia, C., Anderson, F. (2008). Mirrors in the brain: How our minds share actions and emotions. Oxford University Press. Wilson, M. (2002). Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 625- 636.
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